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Hervey Allen Quotes

Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: December 8, 1889 - December 28, 1949

Topics

Middle-Aged Five Only Senses Wits

I never thought I was going to be a comedian.

Anjelah Johnson

Thought Never Going Comedian

I want a big church wedding.

Church Wedding Want Big

My issue isn't about physical aging; my issue is about wanting to remain vigorous and youthful in my spirit.

Aging Spirit Wanting Youthful Issue

Every now and again I just really have to have that steak or lamb chop. But yeah, B.C. - before cancer - I would eat red meat probably three or four times a week, easily. I am convinced that the amount of red meat I contributed to it.

I Am Red Week Now Three Meat

I try to do something physical every day. I don't go heavy every day, though.

Day Every Day Go Try Heavy Physical

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Rudyard Kipling

Communication Words Powerful Mankind

I think women do write politically all the time. Margaret Atwood does; Doris Lessing does.

Women Time Think Write I Think Does

I was thrust, excitingly, via 'Elizabeth' and 'Shakespeare in Love,' into a position one can only dream of, but it was startling, too. I was offered a multitude of roles riding horses in flouncy shirts, and I just thought, 'Hang on, I've just done that. What next?'

Love Thought Dream Done Riding Hang

The joys of my life are my granddaughters. They are beautiful. You don't have to believe me. You can ask my wife. She'll tell you.

Life Beautiful Wife Me Believe You

I love when people have their own creative vision, when a person stands out and tries different things.

Love Vision Creative People Person

I think about and study people. I think I make people uneasy sometimes by being so curious as to why they do what they do. I find myself thinking about this fairly obsessively, and I can't stop until I've found an answer.

Myself Curious People Think Thinking

According to my mother, there pretty much wasn't anything I wouldn't eat as a child. Not just try, but eat. I was even inclined to dig into stuff about which she expressed open disgust - lobster and other shellfish, and cheap Chinese food with pepper so hot it made your gums feel like a medieval dentist had been at them.

Mother Food Child Feel Try She

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